Re: [Boost-users] [Program Options]

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Program Options]
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-03 12:38:29

Björn Pollex wrote:

> Hi everyone !
> 
> Is there a simple way to make the command line parser throw an error
> when an option is not specified ? This way i would not have to check
> this in my code. My program requires the user to specify an input
> file, and if he doesn't, an error should be displayed. So, is there
> any support for mandatory parameters (they wouldn't really be options
> if they are mandatory) ?

It is not presently supported, there's a feature request on svn.boost.org
about that, but no ETA.

- Volodya